Wicked Years (Paperback) Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, Book 01, (Paperback)

from gerconk

A lovely fantasy story of Elphaba, the wicked witch of the west, and Glinda and other characters who are the behind-the-scenes characters in the Wizard of Oz story. The descriptions of the various peoples who lived near Oz, the Munchkins and others, the surrounding territories, the various creatu...

from melydia

My only previous exposure to Oz is in the form of movies (the Judy Garland classic as well as "The Wiz" and "Return to Oz"), so there was probably a lot of irony in this story that was completely lost on me. All the same, I enjoyed it. Its assertion that evil is in the eye of the beholder (and th...

from Teipu

It is not a good thing, when the first thought on a book is "finally I'm done with this!". But that exactly was my feeling when I finished this book. "Wicked" is one of those books which would fit in a nutshell but instead are spread over 500 pages. It's not solely bad as it has some interesting ...

from susanbevans

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire, gives new meaning to the old Kermit the Frog maxim: "It's not easy being green." Elphaba, sometimes Fabala or Elphie or Fae, and later, the Wicked Witch of the West, was born with skin as green grass, and with teeth li...

from Miss-Owl

Firstly, let me begin my review by saying that I *love* the concept - the whole idea that history is written by the winners; and its corollary, the story that gives us the underdog-villain's perspective. Jon Scieszka has done this particularly well in old favourites of mine such as "The True stor...